The carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by an individual, organization, event, or product. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. The carbon footprint is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emitted.
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- Top 10 sustainable homes designed to be the ultimate eco-friendly dwellings Top 10 sustainable homes designed to be the ultimate eco-friendly dwellingsLiving in a sustainable, conscious, and smart manner has become not only a necessity but our moral obligation and duty toward the planet. Our homes......
- A Computer Scientist Breaks Down Generative AI's Hefty Carbon Footprint Is generative AI bad for the environment? A computer scientist explains the carbon footprint of ChatGPT and its cousins—and how to reduce it...
- Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly ‘junk,’ according to global watchdog investi... Climate justice campaigners march from the Shell Centre to Trafalgar Square to demand urgent climate finance and reparations for loss and damage for global south communities on November, 12 2022 in London. The march was organized by the Climate Justice Coalition as part of a Global Day of Action called...
- Energies, Vol. 16, Pages 4234: 3D-Printable Concrete for Energy-Efficient Buildi... Rapid construction with an energy-efficient approach is a major challenge in the present construction industry. Cement, a carbon-intensive material, is mainly used in the construction industry and hence increases the sector’s carbon footprint on the environment. The current review focuses on the study of 3D concrete printing (3DCP), in which...
- Defining And Measuring Facilities Performance From space utilization to community benefits, here are five ways organizations define facilities performance and strategies for measuring it. Read the full article "Defining And Measuring Facilities Performance" on Facility Executive Magazine....
- How Databricks and Google Cloud enable Uplight to deliver energy analytics solut... You know how the saying goes, “with great power comes great…” amounts of data. And what if that data could help lower our carbon footprint?Uplight is on a mission to do just that. Uplight helps energy providers create a more sustainable future by using raw data and derived insights to...
- Tangible wants to scale up construction decarbonization The real estate industry is a bit of a greenhouse gas powerhouse, responsible for 40% of all global emissions. A quarter of that comes from building materials, and Tangible has had enough. The company is building a tool for finding, managing and reporting on lower-carbon, more sustainable, building materials, and just...
- Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 8122: A Comprehensive Review of Electric Vehicle... Electric cars (EVs) are getting more and more popular across the globe. While comparing traditional utility grid-based EV charging, photovoltaic (PV) powered EV charging may significantly lessen carbon footprints. However, there are not enough charging stations, which limits the global adoption of EVs. More public places are adding EV charging...
- Polypropylene Recycling Venture Sets 2023 Launch in the Americas NextLooPP shows that polypropylene recycling reduces the carbon footprint by more than PET/rPET as its food-grade rPP program comes to the US....
- Texas Manufacturing Site Selected For SMR Nuclear Project Dow, X-Energy Reactor Company joint project will provide Seadrift, Texas operations with zero carbon emissions power and steam production. Read the full article "Texas Manufacturing Site Selected For SMR Nuclear Project" on Facility Executive Magazine....
- Inaugural J-WAFS Grand Challenge aims to develop enhanced crop variants and move... Matt Shoulders will lead an interdisciplinary team to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield....
- Decarbonising hospital heating with advanced HVAC simulation tools Chris Davis, Head of Marketing at Hysopt, explains how advanced HVAC simulation technologies are supporting the NHS to decarbonise heat across its existing estates and the New Hospital Program. The post Decarbonising hospital heating with advanced HVAC simulation tools appeared first on Open Access Government....